One way I like to begin a class day is to use CAT tools to assess the students prior understanding of the material.  CAT stands for classroom assessment technique.  This could be a pre-test or even have the students write down 2-3 questions they had from the reading/homework that can guide a discussion after the lecture.  I have found that using small activites like this have increased preparedness for the class.  I am going to try to use a more innovative approach this coming week by utilizing the Nearpod app to give a pre-test to track each student individually and… >>>

I can refine my role in three roles and they are

These roles are:

• Model

• Manager

• Motivator

I thought the ED114 lesson was very helpful in providing in-classroom techniques to engaged the students.  I am always looking for ways to get lively interaction with me and among other students in the classroom.  I have been doing a good job but the lesson is very effective in fine-tuning one's classroom actions.  Recommend this lesson to all teachers--especially when older students and adults are involved

After an undergrad degree years ago in education and years in the technical field, this class quickly brought me back into the realm of teaching and presented key things to remember in order to be successful and put the student first.

Training:

Adult learners have different backgrouds. We should always try to empower them not with the just the knowledge of curriculum; but also with self-esteem.

I plan on working with my faculty to implement some of the skills I learned thorugh this course.  We have used some of the ideas already and look forward to expanding this teach style into more classes.

I particularly liked the information on research that shows most instructors ask more closed questions, yet the evidence shows that open questions are more effective. I also appreciated the information about wait times when questioning. This course makes me want to pay even more attention to my own style of questioning.

I will be using this knowledge in my lab.

This was just in time since we have been discussing this in school as one of the ways to get the students to be more engaged , more participative and increase their learning in the subject matter. Quite difficult, it wont be easy as we have different levels of student of course different learning cureves and then there is US! How are we gonna do it, how equipt are we, Am I???

I will use this in my classroom settting

I keep my students engauged by keeping it fun. Having a good balance of delevery of content and some fun activitys that are relavent. It helps the student achive there goals and keeps the thurst for knowledge going. Lets inspire students. Not bore them to death.

I never understood that moving around the room helps to motivate the students.  I tend to walk back and forth across the front, but not up and down the aisle.  Will try this and see how this works.

I have enjoyed this module. It helped me to understand different approaches to teach my students. Thank you...........

Fantastic course! You should require everyone to take this course. It was not boring and drawn out. It was quite entertaining and informative!

I  have found that the information that I learned in the lesson is a valuable benifit in my position as Education Manager also. I use the best practices and lessons to relate to my instructors and to assist them in their understanding of students and helping them become better instructors.

I found this course offered a great refresher and a reminder to approach the course from the students perspective.  

This course really adds a lot, and gave me a lot of ideas to implement in my class.

some of the ideas I want to share, is that in my class when there is a lab involved after they finish the lab, I always ask them to modify the circuit to do a different thing, and I found that challenge make them more involved, and make them to view things from a different angle

How can I make databases more interesting?  By giving the students a chance to use what they are learning.  For the classes I am lucky enough to teach that have computers for every student, they are walking through the steps with me as I go.  I ask them for topic suggestions for our searching, and try to get them to interact in other ways.  After finishing ED111, I realize that there are still other ways that I can get the students to be more active.  I just have to come way out of my comfort zone to make this happen.… >>>

Much of my class is run through flipping the classroom and having the students pose questions to each other.  Peer-peer interaction makes the course more engaging and takes away from the constant of the professor's voice.